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Shreveport police are reporting there were fewer crimes reported in 2013 than in any year since 1975.

Twenty-nine people were killed in homicides last year, up from 20 in 2011 and 2012. Those three years still represented the lowest homicide numbers since 1970. Total violent crime dropped by 9 percent from 2012.

"I continue to be extremely proud and thankful for the great work being done by both SPD and our citizens," said Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover in an email. "It is unquestionably a team effort. It was our our intention seven years ago to post the lowest crime stats ever officially ...